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I like to think that I learned how to be a good mother By never doing it the way that you did. I know that no matter how hard it gets I never will take one second with them for granted. I will love them every moment I have with them And succeed in making sure they know it. So that they can grow up surrounded in trust and love And never be too afraid to show it. I would never allow their fears to go un-noticed. I would die trying to protect them from that world. I will never rush them, or fail to protect them. They will be free to enjoy being little boys and girls. Pride will fill me where jealousy filled you, As I nurture them and watch them grow Though I cherish their childhoods more than anything, I look forward to watching their lives unfold. Of them taking on the world, enjoying its beauty. Becoming strapping young men and lovely young ladies. I dream of them finding a love like I found with their Daddy And of holding my perfect Grandbabies. I used to want you to pay for my pain. I used to dream of ways to make you feel like I did. I still wish you had had more compassion than to lean on me. You were my mother, I was just a kid. But I no longer wish you any more pain or revenge Because I have risen so high above that, I can’t even see you. Because you’re still in that world I ran so far away from, Surrounded in that pain I once was so used to And knowing that I will have everything you denied yourself Because of your hideous and unforgettable actions, I am finally free to find more worth while adventures, Other uses for my emotions, and my passions. This finality is like cutting through the last bar of the cage And finally freeing that dark and abused beast. into the sunlight where she is free and beautiful Because unlike you, in my children’s eyes, I found my peace.
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